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21. Ostúa River contaminated with lead and arsenic from Cerro Blanco mine: (Cerro Blanco); ... the spread of cross border contamination, since the Law Prohibiting Metal Mining in El Salvador (approved on March 2017) is only applicable on the national territory. The researcher and environmentalist ...; Created on 21 April 2020
22. CEJIL requests revocation of preventive detention of Guapinol water defenders: (Regional News); ... defenders of the environment and territory are one of the groups that face the most violence, criminalization and impunity. This week, relatives of the defenders, the Municipal Committee for the Defense ...; Created on 20 April 2020
23. International report finds that the Honduran government violates the rights of Tocoa's environmental defender: (Regional News); ... to defend the territory where they live and their water sources. The victims and the witnesses interviewed identified the military, police and local armed groups, employed as security guards by the company, ...; Created on 20 April 2020
24. Tocoa is declared free of mining, but controversial mining project remains active: (Regional News); CRITERIO Tegucigalpa - The town hall through which the municipal corporation of Tocoa declared its territory, located in the department of Colon, free of mining activity, caused the residents' frustration ...; Created on 26 December 2019
25. Honouring the struggle of Mariano Abarca and Environment Defenders in Chiapas: (Regional News); ... his presence in them, in their daily struggle to make this world a better place for all.” The Movement in Defense of Life and Territory (MODEVITE by its initials in Spanish) received the first Mariano ...; Created on 26 December 2019
26. Social Organizations demand compliance with the Prohibition of Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... exploitation permit at the El Dorado mine, in San Isidro, Cabañas. These events allowed the Legislative Assembly, in March 2017, to unanimously pass the prohibition of metal mining in the national territory. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
27. Mining Grabs Up Land, Deals Blow to Agriculture in Central America: (Background and reports ); ... In Honduras, up to January 2017, 172 mining concessions had been granted, covering a total area of 7,275 square kilometers, equivalent to 6.47 of the country’s territory. In Guatemala, up to the same ...; Created on 07 May 2019
28. Central American antimining activists gather in El Salvador to discuss joint strategies for action: (Media Releases); P. Cabezas Yolanda Flores, DHUMA: more than 80% of the Peruvian territory has been concessioned to mining activity. Photo: ACAFREMINSan Salvador - Representatives of indigenous communities, social ...; Created on 05 May 2019
29. New Report Exposes Mining Companies Suing Latin American Countries Where Communities Defend Land and Environment: (FTAs & ISDS); We analyzed 38 multi-million dollar claims brought by the mining industry using ISDS and other investment protection laws; in over half, communities are fighting to protect Indigenous territory, water, ...; Created on 03 May 2019
30. More than one hundred organizations reject the unjust payment of USD $31 million to Canadian mining company Bear Creek: (Regional News); ... Letter, if the Supreme Court does not annul the sentence, they will be setting harsh precedents for the defense of territory and human rights in Peru. It goes on: “We are disturbed to note a growing tendency ...; Created on 16 September 2018
31. Criminalisation brought to new extremes in case of Aymara indigenous communities in Peru: (Regional News); ... communities. And it’s not going to get better any time soon. According to the Peruvian Mining Conflict Observatory report in 2017, 14.7% of the Peruvian national territory is under mining concessions. ...; Created on 28 August 2018
32. It is urgent to permanently close the dark chapter of metallic mining in El Salvador: (Media Releases); PRESS RELEASE San Salvador, May 31st 2018. Last week the Environment and Climate Change Committee of the Legislative Assembly moved to archive all files and petitions related metallic mining in El ...; Created on 31 May 2018
33. COMMUNIQUE: The State of the Right to Free Prior and Informed Consent in the CA4 Region: (Media Releases); ... of our people and resources to sustain their economies. In this logic, the current crisis of global capitalism fosters the advance of extractive industries in the Central American territory through trade ...; Created on 08 May 2018
34. Threats to the Law Against Metallic Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... continue fight to eradicate the mining threat from the national territory. Member organizations of the Central American Alliance against mining such as ADES, ARPAS, CRIPDES, CCR and UNES expressed their ...; Created on 07 May 2018
35. Latin American Women Weaving Territories: (Media Releases); ... to even greater threats, even though we play an important role in the defense of the territory. In Latin America, 58 million women live in rural areas, yet only 30% of those women actually own land, while ...; Created on 01 February 2018
36. Conservative candidate Carlos Calleja against mining in El Salvador: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... the exploration, extraction, exploitation and processing, whether open pit or underground, in Salvadorian territory. The law composed by 11 articles, prohibits as well the use of chemical toxic elements ...; Created on 14 November 2017
37. Cross border mining will be the next phase of the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador: (Cerro Blanco); ... Teresa outlined in her speech the importance of social factors that were strategic to unite the villagers in the defense of the territory: awareness of the mining problem, resistance based on solidarity ...; Created on 14 November 2017
38. El Salvador – When The Seeds Of Resistance Bloom: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... Pérez-Rocha, “we were able to weave together the strands of this narrative, connecting water, health and the local defence of resources and territory to the imposition of corporate power by means of instruments ...; Created on 23 June 2017
39. The Catholic Church calls for participation in a March Against Metal Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... lead to the Legislative Assembly, when they will also hand to the representatives the signatures that have been collected to prohibit any type of metal mining operation in Salvadoran territory. “We invite ...; Created on 08 March 2017
40. Another Town in El Salvador Votes No to Mining: (Mining prohibition El Salvador); ... of residents voted in favour of becoming El Salvador’s fifth “territory free of mining.” “Mining companies have a wide field with major extension in other countries, and often they need to use the comparative ...; Created on 05 March 2017

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